More than 440 graves with corpses have been found in Izyum. Selenskyj speaks of “Nazi practices” in the Russian army. News ticker on the military situation in the Ukraine war.
- torture in the Ukraine war: Selenskyj speaks of “Russian fascism”
- mass grave in Izyum: Lambrecht demands clarification
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Update from September 18, 9:19 am: The newly discovered Mass grave and the torture chambers in Izyum According to US military experts, these are not isolated cases, but are part of the methods used by Putin’s army. This is the assessment of the Institute for the Study of the War (ISW) in its September 17 situation analysis.
The Ukrainian Resistance Center also warned on its website the day before that the Russian army was planning covert operations against Ukrainian civilians for several days in an attempt to distract from its defeats in Ukraine’s counter-offensive, according to the ISW. Because of such – in military language – “false flag” actions, it warned the population of public places. The information could not be checked independently.
After the war began, the Ukrainian special forces set up the Ukrainian Resistane Center to coordinate volunteer fighters. The ISW is a think tank in Washington that regularly publishes analyzes of the fighting in Ukraine.
Ukraine-News: Zelenskyj accuses Moscow of “Nazi” practices
First report from September 18th: Kyiv – Volodymyr Zelenskyj accuses Moscow of “Nazi practices”. In his recent video address, the Ukrainian President compared the actions of the Russian occupiers in his country with the atrocities of World War II. There is cruel torture, deportations, burnt cities, bottomless hatred and nothing alive anymore under the Russian occupation, said Zelenskyj.
Unlike the Nazis, the Russians under Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin would not make soap from the killed Ukrainians – or lampshades from their skin. “But the principle is the same,” said the head of state.
Torture in the Ukraine war: Selenskyj speaks of “Russian fascism”
Zelenskyy called the occupiers who fled the Kharkiv region “racists” and said that the “Nazis” behaved in the same way. “Racism” combines the words Russia and fascism and is used by many Ukrainians as a term for “Russian fascism”.
“We will determine the identities of everyone who tortured and abused, who brought these atrocities from Russia here to Ukrainian territory,” said the 44-year-old. When they fled, the occupiers left torture devices behind. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities released photos purporting to show torture chambers and equipment. “Torture was a widespread practice in the occupied territory,” Zelenskyy said.
At the end of March, hundreds of dead civilians were also found in the Kiev suburb of Bucha after Russian troops withdrew – since then the atrocities in Bucha have been considered a symbol of the most serious war crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Mass grave in Isjum: Lambrecht calls for clarification
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht called for the investigation of possible war crimes. “These terrible crimes must be clarified – preferably by the United Nations,” said the SPD politician spark-Newspapers. The UN should be given access as soon as possible so that evidence could be secured. (frs with dpa material)
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